Notre Dame vs. Virginia

Notre Dame and Virginia have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1989; Notre Dame leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Notre Dame 5–⁠0, and Notre Dame has won the last 5.

Scheduled 2027 at Virginia; 2031 at Virginia; 2034 at Notre Dame Nov. 18; 2035 at Virginia. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Notre Dame wins
5
Virginia wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1989
Longest streak
5 Notre Dame
Current streak
5 Notre Dame
Last 10 meetings
Notre Dame 5–⁠0
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s1–⁠0
2010s2–⁠0
2020s2–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Notre Dame 1, Virginia 0
Average margin
18.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Notre Dame
2–⁠0 Notre Dame’s record at home
At Virginia
0–⁠2 Virginia’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Notre Dame first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Notre Dame’s biggest win2021: Notre Dame 28, Virginia 3by 25 points
  2. Ranked showdown2019: Notre Dame 35, Virginia 20No. 18 Virginia at No. 10 Notre Dame

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Notre Dame and Virginia, 1989 on13001500170019901995200020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Every game

Nov 16, 20248Notre Dame 35, Virginia 14at Notre Dame
Nov 13, 20217Notre Dame 28, Virginia 3at Virginia
Sep 28, 201910Notre Dame 35, 18Virginia 20at Notre Dame
Sep 12, 20159Notre Dame 34, Virginia 27at Virginia
Aug 31, 19892Notre Dame 36, Virginia 13Neutral site

Every game is listed as played on the field.